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WILL YOU HELP, TOO? 

The effect of the Association's campaigns in 1910 and 1911 toward bringing about a 
rational celebration of Independence day is registered in the marked diminution in the number of 
deaths and casualties reported. This bulletin is again sent to the entire membership. All members 
are urged to bring it before the editors of their local papers and induce them to publish and 
comment upon the matter furnished, and personally to co-operate as far as possible in all efforts of 
their home towns and cities to organize civic celebrations of a rational character. 



oZmiJ^ (fh LV-Uclto&tC^ 



Secretary. 



Copies of this Bulletin may be had 

of the National Fire Protection 

Association in any quantity at 

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Independence Day Disasters 



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WHO CARES? 



INDEPENDENCE Day is coming; day of powder-poisoning and lockjaw ; day of hospi- 
tals and ambulances ; day of mutilation and fire and death. If there is anything that 
is sane in the American jieople it is the growing revolt against our insane manner of 
celebrating the Fourth of July. It might be called "Incendiaries' Day" ; for on that 
day the lire-fiend runs riot. No man having any public responsibility fails to dread it. No 
fire department gets through the day, and the nights on both sides of it, without exhaustion. 
It is doubtful if on some fifth of .July an entire city may not complacently burn itself up in the 
faces of firemen and Qre horses too exhausted by silly firecracker fires the day before to cope 
with it. The fire-fighting ajiparatus of our cities and towns is so overtaxed by the numberless ' 
calls which begin on the evening of July .3d that response to possible summons for help by 
neighboring towns or cities is impossible. What fire chief would dare allow even a hose wagon 
to go beyond immediate recall while alarms in his own city are coming in at ten-minute intervals? Even the large 
number of false alarms, due to the reckless use of the day, have their dire significance, for they tire out the horses and 
the men, and reduce the ability of the department to cope with actual fires. When the gong begins to ring at head- 
quarters, its call is as imperative for a rubbish heap ablaze as it is for the home of a citizen. The wear and tear of the 
apparatus, and even the injury to the horses during thirty-six hours of almost constant runs, may be as great for false 
alarms as for real ones. It seems a sort of folly almost too unspeakable to relate, but there are instances where American 
firemen have been killed in runs to fires on July 4th by being thrown from trucks by friglitened horses swerving from 
their course at explosives thrown under them as they galloped past. 

Never an "Independence " Day but scores of human beings are made de-pendent for life. Life and limb are jeop- 
ardized by explosives thrown from windows above the level of the street, setting fire to clothing and menacing the eye- 
sight of those passing, while upon the child, who in his innocent love of noise and objective demonstration responds to 
our present absurd kind of celebration, falls the heavy hand of disaster. When our civilization was not so complex, it 
was possible for those who had the courage to leave tlieir homes to the mercy of possible conflagrations, to shut them 
up and escape to the quiet of the country. Not so to-day. The trolley car and the automobile follow the seeker after 
peace to his country retreats, throwing explosives at his head as they roar past in their reckless irresponsibility. 

And for what ! Nobody stops to inquire. Nobody any longer cares. We liave gotten wholly away from the 
educational significance of " Independence " Day, and lost ourselves in an orgy of fire and noise. 

It is, perhaps, too much to expect any sudden return to sanity ; but some effort at least may be made by cities and 
towns toward leading their people into more inoderate and more intelligent forms of celebration. If expk)sives must be 
used the authorities can limit their use to the public parks during certain hours of the day, where the fuUy-hunters may 
kill and maim themselves and each other to heart's content, witliout injuring other people, or destroying property by 
fire. The firing off of explosives among tlie closely built shingle-roofed frame liouses, which compose tlie greater part 
of our cities, is wholly in accord with the reckless spirit of Americans regarding fire. 

If before every Fourth of July all cities and towns were given a thorough cleaning of rubbish, and all use of explo- 
sives then restricted as to time and place, tlie police and public wardens might have at least a fighting cliance to minimize 
the disastrous results of our public folly during the years it may require to inspire in our people a desire for a rational 
kind of celebration. And such a desire must be inspired. It is the duty of every city to arrange for its people suitable 
amusements or exercises definitely calculated to educate them in a rational observance of this historic holiday. Habits 
of folly can be most easily eliminated by a substitution of something better. The things a city can do to interest its 
citizens in a sane and wholesome celebration are unlimited, and the municipalities, which, in the past two years have 
taken steps in this direction, are already receiving national praibC. for their wisdOiin and their high sense of civic 
responsibility. ,," \ V 

Independence Day of 1912 is coming. To what city, what town, what mother of^ather is it this year to Ijring 
suffering or sorrow the day after ? 

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MORNING AFTER 




Courtesy of Life. 



THE GLORIOUS FOURTH" 



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STATISTICS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY IN AMERICA 





(Compiled by Journal 


of the American Medical Association.) 




YEAR 


DEAD 


WOUNDED 


TOTAL 


1903 


466 


3,983 


4,449 


1904 


183 


3,986 


4,169 


1905 


182 


4,994 


5,176 


1906 


158 


5,308 


5,466 


1907 


164 


4,249 


4,413 


1908 


163 


5.460 


5,623 


1909 


215 


5,092 


5,307 


1910 


131 


2,792 


2,923 


1911 


57 


1,546 


1,603 



1,719 



37,410 



39,129 



In the nine years a total of 39,129 people — the eqitivalent of over thirty=nine regiments — were killed or 
injured in the celebrations of the 'F'oiirth of July. 

( This Year, 1912, How many are to be slaughtered? 



NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 



American Institute of Architects, 

American Institute of Consulting Engineers, 

American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 

American Electric Railway Association, 

American Warehousemen's Association, 

American Water Works Association, 

Ass'd. Factory Mut. Fire Ins. Co.'s Insp. Bureau, 

Association of Fire Underwriters of Baltininre City, 

Board of Fire Underwriters of Allegheny County, 

Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacilic, 

Board of Fire Underwriters of Territory of Hawaii, 

Boston Board of Fire Un<lerwriters, 

Buffalo Association of Fire Underwriters, 

Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association, 

Canadian Manufacturers' Association. 

Chicago Board of Underwriters of Chicago, 

Cincinnati Fire Prevention Bureau, 

Cleveland Inspection Bureau, 

Cotton Insurance Association, 

Electrical Supply Jobbei'S Association, 

Factory Insurance Association, 

Factory Mutual Laboratories, 

Fire Underwriters' Electrical Bureau, 

Fire Underwriters* Inspection Bureau, 

Hudson Inspection Bureau, 

Illinois Inspection Bureau, 

Indiana Inspection Bureau, 

Insurance Association of Providence, 

International Acetylene Association, 

International Association of Fire Engineers, 

Iowa State Fire Prevention Association, 

Kansas Fire Insurance Inspection Oflice, 

Kentucky Actuarial Bureau, 

Kentucky State Fire Prevention Association, 

Louisiana Fire Prevention Bureau, 



ACTIVE MEMBERS. 

Louisiana State Society for the Kedaction of Fire 

Waste, 
Mainland Fire Underwriters' Assn. of B. C, 
Massachusetts Association uf Municipal Electrical 

Inspectors, 
Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Union, 
Michigan Inspection Bureau, 
Michigan State Fire Prevention Association, 
Milwaukee Board of Fire Underwriters, 
Minnesota State Fire Prevention Association, 
Mississippi Inspection and Advisory Rating Co., 
Missouri Fire Prevention Association. 
Missouri Inspection and Survey Bureau, 
Mutual Fire Prevention Bureau, 
National Assn. of Cement Users, 
National Assn. of Credit Men. 

National Assn. of Factory Mutual Insurance Cos., 
National Assn. of Local Fire Ins. Agents, The 
National Association of Manufacturers t>l' U. S. 
National Assn. Master Gravel and Slag Roofers of 

America, 
National Assn. of Sheei Metal Contractors of U. S.. 
National Board of Fire Underwriters, 
National Electrical Contractors' Association, 
National Electrical Inspectors' Association, 
National Electric Light Association, 
National Hardware Association of U. S., The 
National Paint, Oil & Vaniish Association, 
Nebraska Inspection Bureau, 
Nebraska State Fire Prevention Association, 
Newark Inspection Bureau, 
New Brunswick Board of Fire Underwriters, 
New England Bureau of United Inspection, 
New England Insurance Exchange, 
New Hampshire Board of Fire Underwriters, 



New York Board of Fire Underwriters, 

New York Fire Insurance Exchange, 

North Carolina Fire Prevention Associatioi' 

North Dakotn State Fire Prevention Assoc! 

Nova Scotia Board of Fire Underwriters, / 

Ohio Inspection Bureau, 

Ohio State Fire Prevention Associati' 

Oklahoma Inspection Bureau. -^- ' 

Oklahoma State Fire Prevention Asl 

Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' Ass^ 

Philadelphia Suburban Underwriters' Asaa., 

Rocky Mountain Fire Underwriters' Association, 

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, The 

South Carolina State Fire Prevention Association, 

South Dakota State Fire Prevention Association, 

South Eastern Underwriters' Association, 

St. Louis Fire Prevention Bureau, 

Suburban Fire Insurance Exchange, 

Tennessee Inspection Bureau, 

Texas Fire Prevention Association, 

The Union, 

Underwriters' Assn. of the Middle Department, 

Underwriters' Association of New York State, 

Underwriters' Bureau Middle and Southern States. 

Underwriters' Bureau of New England, 

Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.. 

Virginia Fire Prevention Association, 

Western Actuarial Bureau (Pire), 

Western Canada Fire Underwriters' Association, 

Western Factory Insurance Association, 

Western Sprink'lered Risk Association, 

West Virginiii Inspection Bureau, 

West Virginia Stale Fire Prevention Association, 

Wisconsin Inspection Bureau, 

Wisconsin State Fire Prevention Association. 



FIREWORKS ORDINANCE. 

Suggested by National Fire Protection Association. 

Prohibiting the discharge or firing of fireworks and other pyrotechnic display and to limit their storage. 

Be it ordained by of the City of as follows : — 

Section No. 1. The discharge, firing or use of all firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, Koman candles, or other fireworks 
or substances designed and intended for pyrotechnic display, and of all ijistols, canes, cannons, or other appliances, using 

blank cartridges or caps containing clilorate of potash mixture, is hereby prohibited. Provided that the 

may order the public display of fireworks by properly qualified individuals under the direct supervision of experts in the 
handling of fireworks. Provided also that such display or displays shall be of such a character and so located, dis- 
charged or fired as, in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, shall not be liazardous to surroundine property 
or endanger any person or persons. 

Section No. 2. The sale of firevrorks at retail is prohibited. 

Section No. 3. The storage or sale of fireworks at wholesale is prohibited, except by permit from the 

issued for a period of one year. Application for permit must be filed vrith the Chief of the Fire Department at least 30 
days previous to the issuing of the permit and must give detailed description of the proposed care and storage of said 
materials and of the structural conditions and occuiiancies of the building. 

Section No. 4. Permits may be issued only after an inspection of the premises by the Chief of the Fire Depart- 
ment or his authorized agent, who shall file with the Mayor and Fire Department a certificate of approval or his disap- 
proval and reasons therefor. 

Section No. 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance as regards the 
storage and sale of fireworks shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less than Ten (.flO.OO) Dollars 
nor more than Twenty-five ($25.00)' Dollars for each day's neglect of compliance. Provided also that violation of other 
sections of this ordinance shall be considered a misdemeanor jjunishable by a fine not exceeding Ten ($10.00) Dollars. 

The Chief of the Fire Department may, at his discretion, remove or have removed, at the owner's expense, all stocks 
of fireworks or other combustible exposed for sale, or held in stock in violation of this ordinance. 

Section No. 6. The Chief of the Fire Department shall direct such fire appliances as in his judgment may be nec- 
essary for the premises, and he shall see that two or more persons are instructed in their use, and as to the best means 
of getting fire alarms to the Fire Department. 

Section No. 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 

Section No. 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and legal publication. 

Here is the Result of one year's operation of such a law in Washington, D. C. 

A STRIKING CONTRAST 

Number of persons treated at Washington, D. C, local hospitals for injuries from explosives : 

JULY 4, igo8 JULY 4, igcg 

HOSPITAL (When fireworks were allowed) (When fireworks were prohibited) 

Emergency 25 00 

Casualty 6 00 

Frebdmen's 5 00 

Georgetown 10 00 

Garfield 4 00 

Homeopathic 52 00 

Children's 2 00 

Totals 104 00 

Members are urged to have the above ordinance introduced at once into their local Cjty Councils. It can easily be 
pasfied after the 4th of July upon the wave of public opinion which follows the annual tate of death and fire. Thus a 
great gain can be made this year, toward next year. \ 



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NATIONAL FIRE 
PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 
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By De Max 



WILL YOU HELP, TOO? 

The effect of the Association's campaigns in 1910 and 1911 toward bringing about a 
rational celebration of Independence day is registered in the marked diminution in the number of 
deaths and casualties reported. This bulletin is again sent to the entire membership. All members 
are urged to bring it before the editors of their local papers and induce them to publish and 
comment upon the matter furnished, and personally to co-operate as far as possible in all efforts of 
their home towns and cities to organize civic celebrations of a rational character. 



<ykAuJ:Utii ffh Cvidcuo&'ic^ 



Secretary. 



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of the National Fire Protection 

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Independence Day Disasters 



WHO CARES? 



ItXDEPEXDENCE Day is coming; day of iiowder-poisoning and lockjaw ; day of hospi- 
tals and ambulances; day of mutilation and fire and death. If there is anything that 
is sane in the American people it is the growing revolt against our insane manner of 
' celebrating the B^ourth of July. It might be called "Incendiaries' Day" ; for on that 
day the fire-fiend runs riot._ No man having any public responsibility fails to dread it. No 
fire department gets through the day, and the nights on both sides of it, without exhaustion. 
It is doubtful if on some fifth of July an entire city may not complacently burn itself up in the 
faces of firemen and fire horses too exhausted by silly firecracker fires the day before to cope 
with it. The fire-fighting apparatus of our cities and towns is so overtaxed by the numberless 
calls which begin on the evening of July 3d that response to possible summons for help by 
neighboring towns or cities is impossible. What fire chief would dare allow even a hose wagon 
to go beyond immediate recall while alarms in his own city are coming in at ten-minute intervals? Even the large 
number of false alarms, due to the reckless use of the day, have their dire significance, for they tire out the horses and 
the men, and reduce the ability of the department to cope with actual fires. When the gong begins to ring at head- 
quarters, its call is as imperative for a rubbish heap ablaze as it is for the home of a citizen. The wear and tear of the 
apparatus, and even the injury to the horses during thirty-six hours of almost constant runs, may be as great for false 
alarms as for real ones. It seems a sort of folly almost too unspeakable to relate, but there are Instances where American 
firemen have been killed in runs to fires on July 4th by being thrown from trucks by frightened horses swerving from 
their course at explosives thrown under them as they galloped past. 

Never an "Independence " Day but scores of human beings are made f?e-pendent for life. Life and limb are jeop- 
ardized by explosives thrown from windows above the level of the street, setting fire to clothing and menacing the eye- 
sight of those passing, while upon the cliild, who in his innocent love of noise and objective demonstration responds to 
our present absurd kind of celebration, falls the heavy hand of disaster. When our civilization was not so complex, it 
was possible for those who had the courage to leave their homes to the mercy of possible conflagrations, to shut them 
up and escape to the quiet of the country. Not so to-day. The trolley car and the automobile follow the seeker after 
peace to his country retreats, throwing explosives at his head as they roar past in their reckless irresponsibility. 

And for what ! Nobody stops to inquire. Nobody any longer cares. We have gotten wholly away from the 
educational significance of "Independence " Day, and lost ourselves in an orgy of fire and noise. 

It is, perhaps, too much to expect any sudden return to sanity; but some effort at least may be made by cities and 
towns toward leading their people into more moderate and more intelligent forms of celebration. If explosives must be 
used the authorities can limit their use to the public parks during certain hours of the day, where the folly-hunters may 
kill and maim themselves and each other to heart's content, witliout injuring other people, or destroying property by 
fire. The firing off of explosives among the closely built shingle-roofed frame houses, which compose the greater part 
of our cities, is wholly in accord with the reckless spirit of Americans regarding fire. 

If before every Fourth of July all cities and towns were given a thorough cleaning of rubbish, and all use of explo- 
sives then restricted as to time and place, the police and public wardens might have at least a fighting chance to minimize 
the disastrous results of our public folly during the years it may require to inspire in our people a desire for a rational 
kind of celebration. And such a desire must be inspired. It is the duty of every city to arrange for its people suitable 
amusements or exercises definitely calculated to educate them in a rational observance of this historic holiday. Habits 
of folly can be most easily eliminated by a substitution of something better. The things a city can do to Interest its 
citizens in a sane and wholesome celebration are unlimited, and the municipalities, which, in the past two years. have 
taken steps in this direction, are already receiving national praise for their wisdom and their high sense of 6ivic 
responsibility. i 

Independence Day of 1912 is coming. To what city, what town, what mother or father is it this year to brmg 
suffering or sorrow the day after ? 



THE MORNING AFTER 




Courtesy of Life. 



'THE GLORIOUS FOURTH' 



The Publishers of Life have consented to furnish this electrotype in coarse screen (suitable for newspaper work), at cost, to those desiring to use it. 

Price, $1.25. Address LIFE, 17 "VV. .■^istSt., N. Y. 



STATISTICS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY IN AMERICA 

(Compiled by Journal of the American Medical Association.) 



YEAR 

1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 



DEAD 

466 
183 
182 
158 
164 
163 
215 
131 
57 
1,719 



WOUNDED 

3,983 
3,986 
4,994 
5,308 
4,249 
5.460 
5,092 
2,792 
1,546 



37,410 



TOTAL 

4,449 
4,169 
5,176 
5,466 
4,413 
5,623 
5,307 
2,923 
1,603 
39,129 



In the nine years a total of 39,129 people — the equivalent of over thirty=nine regiments — were killed or 

injurediyi the celebrations of the Fourth of July. 

I 

This Year, 1912, How many are to be slaughtered? 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




ATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 



American Institute of Architects, 

American Institute of Consulting Engineers, 

American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 

American Electric Railway Association, 

American Warehousemen's Association, 

American Water Works Association, 

Ass'cl. Factory Mut. Fire Ins. Co.'s Insp. Bureau, 

Association of Fire Underwriters of Baltimore City, 

Board of Fire Underwriters of Allegheny County, 

Board of Fire Underwriters of the I'acifl'c, 

Board of Fii-e Underwriters of Territory of Hawaii, 

Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, 

Buffalo Association of Fire Underwriters, 

Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association, 

Canadian Manufacturers' Association. 

Cliicago Board of Underwriters of Chicago, 

Cincinnati Fire Prevention Bureau, 

Cleveland Inspection Bureau, 

Cotton Insurance Association, 

Electrical Supply Johhers Association, 

Factory Insurance Association, 

Factory Mutual Laboratories, 

Fire Underwriters' Electrical Bureau, 

Fire Underwriters' Inspection Bureau, 

Hudson Inspection Bureau, 

Illinois Inspection Bureau, 

Indiana Inspection Bureau, 

Insurance Association of ProviOence, 

International Acetylene Association, 

International Association of Fire Engineers, 

Iowa State Fire Prevention Association, 

Kansas Fire Insurance Inspection Office, 

Kentucky Actuarial Bureau, 

Kentucky State Fire Prevention Association, 

Louisiana Fire Prevention Bureau, 



ACTIVE MEMBERS. 

Louisiana State Society for the Reduction of Fire 

Waste, 
Mainland Fire Underwriters* Assn. of B. C, 
Massachusetts Association of Municipal Electrical 

Inspectors, 
Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Union, 
Michigan Inspection Bureau, 
Michigan State Fire Prevention Association, 
Milwaukee Board of Fire Underwriters, 
Minnesota State Fire Preventi(m Association, 
Mississippi Inspection and Advisory Rating Co., 
Missouri Fire Prevention Association. 
Missouri Inspection and Survey Bureau, 
Mutual Fire Prevention Bureau, 
National Assn. of Cement Users, 
National Assn. of Credit Men, 

National Assn. of Factory Mutual Insurance Cos., 
National Assn. of Local Wre Ins. Agents, The 
National Association of Manufacturers of U. S. 
National Assn. Master Gravel and Slag Roofers of 

America, 
National Assn. of Sheet Metal Contractors of U. S., 
National Board of Fire Underwriters, 
National Electrical Contractors' Association, 
National Electrical Inspectors' Association. 
National Electric Light Association, 
National Hardware Association of U. S., The 
National Paint, Oil & Varnish Association, 
Nebraska Inspection Bureau, 
Nebraska State Fire Prevention Association, 
Newark Inspection Bureau. 
New Brunswick Board of Fire Underwriters, 
New England Bureau of United Inspection, 
New Englancl Insurance Exchange, 
New Hampshire Board of Fire Underwriters, 




New York Board of , 

New York Fire Ins; 

North Carolina Fir* 

North Dakota Statev- - 

Nova Scotia Board ov^n A.ssociatj/' 

Ohio Inspection Burei;-\n: - 

Ohio State Fire Preveui^ion Asl 

Oklahoma Inspection Buil . ti^v 

Oklahoma Stale Fire Preventiots* Asoii., 

Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' ynrvoJafaon, 

Philadelphia Suburban Underwriters' Assn., 

Rocky Mountain Fire Underwriters' Associat 

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, The 

South Carolina State Fire Prevention Associa 

South Dakota State Kire Prevention Associat 

South Eastern Underwriters' Association, 

St. Louis Fire Prevention Bureau, 

Suburban Fire Insurance Exchange, 

Tennessee Inspection Bureau, 

Texas Fire Prevention Association, 

The Union, 

Underwriters' Assn. of the Middle Departme. 

Underwriters' Association of New York Statt 

Underwriters' Bureau Middle and Southern S 

Underwriters' Bureau of New England, 

Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.. 

Virginia Fire Prevention Association, 

Western Actuarial Bureau (Fire), 

Western Canada Fire Underwriters' Associat 

Western Factory Insurance Association, 

Western Sprink'lered Risk Association, 

West Virginia Inspection Bureau, 

West Virginia State Fire Prevention Associa 

Wisconsin Inspection Bureau, 

Wisconsin State Fire Prevention Association 



FIREWORKS ORDINANCE. 

Suggested by National Fire Protection Association. 

Prohibiting the discharge or firing of fireworks and other pyrotechnic display and to limit their storage. 

Be it ordained by of the City of as follows : — 

Section No. 1. The discharge, firing or use of all firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, Roman candles, or other fireworks 
or substances designed and intended for pyroteclinic display, and of all pistols, canes, cannons, or other appliances, using 

blank cartridges or caps containing chlorate of potash mixture, is hereby prohibited. Provided that the 

may order the public display of fireworks by properly qualified individuals xinder the direct supervision of experts in the 
handling of fireworks. Provided also that such display or displays shall be of such a character and so located, dis- 
charged or fired as, in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, shall not be hazardous to surrounding property 
or endanger any person or persons. ' — Y 

Section No. 2. The sale of fireworks at retail is prohibited. / 

Section No. 3. The storage or sale of fireworks at wholesale is proliibited, except by permit from the 

issued for a period of one year. Application for permit must be filed witli the Chief of the Fire Deiiartment at least 30 
days previous to the issuing of the permit and must give detailed description of the proposed care and storage of said 
materials and of the structural conditions and occupancies of the building. 

Section No. 4. Permits may be issued only after an inspection of the premises by the Chief of the Fire Depart- 
ment or his authorized agent, who shall file with the Mayor and Fire Department a certificate of approval or his disap- 
proval and reasons therefor. 

Section No. o. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance as regards the 
storage and sale of fireworks shall be deemed gnilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars 
nor more than Twenty-five (§2.5. 00) Dollars for each day's neglect of compliance. Provided also that violation of other 
sections of this ordinance shall be considered a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding Ten (-110.00) Dollars. 

The Chief of the Fire Department may, at his discretion, remove or have removed, at the owner's expense, all stocks 
of fireworks or other combustible exposed for sale, or held in stock in violation of this ordinance. 

Section No. 6. The Chief of the Fire Department shall direct such fire appliances as in his judgment may be nec- 
essary for the premises, and he shall see that two or more persons are instructed in their use, and as to the best means 
of getting fire alarms to the Fire Department. 

Section No. 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 

Section No. 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and legal publication. 



Here is the Result of one year's operation of such a law in Washington, D. C. 

A STRIKING CONTRAST 



Number of persons treated at Washington, D. C, local hospitals for injuries from explosives : 

JULY 4, 1908 JULY 4,1909 

HOSPITAL (When tireworks were allowed) (When fireworks were prohibited) 

Emergency 25 00 

Casualty 6 00 

Freedmen's 5 00 

Georgetown 10 00 

Garfield 4 00 

Homeopathic 52 00 

Children's 2 , 00 

\ 

Totals 104 '\ 00 

Members are urged to have the above ordinance introduced at once into their local City Councils. It can 
passed after the 4th of July upon the wave of public opinion which follows the annual tale of death rnd fire, 
great gain can be made this year, toward next year. 



'ily he 
lus a 



